Buckeye Trail Circuit itinerary
Every mile marker on the Buckeye Trail Circuit route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Buckeye Trail Thru-Hike (Circuit) permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Buckeye Trail Circuit. One reservation is a trailhead or zone plus an entry date; you roam after that, issued by walk-up.
- Stops mapped
- 23
- Across the markers
- 1354.2 mi
- Published route length
- 1440 mi
- Ascent, at least
- 2,197 ft
How long it takes: 3-4 months for a continuous thru-hike. That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The Buckeye Trail Circuit route, stop by stop
Mile 8.3
949 ft
Massillon, Ohio
Named Buckeye Trail Association circuit-hike waypoint.
24.7 miles · 220 ft up to Hartville, Ohio
Mile 33.0
1,169 ft
Hartville, Ohio
Named in a Buckeye Trail Association hike description.
60.9 miles · 59 ft down to Augerburg
Mile 93.9
1,110 ft
Augerburg
67.2 miles · 338 ft down to Cascade Falls
Mile 161.1
772 ft
Cascade Falls
68.2 miles · 71 ft up to Great Falls
Mile 229.3
843 ft
Great Falls
60.8 miles · 9 ft up to Spencer Lake
Mile 290.1
852 ft
Spencer Lake
63.7 miles · 154 ft down to Clyde
Mile 353.8
698 ft
Clyde
73.9 miles · 35 ft down to Texas
Mile 427.7
663 ft
Texas
67.5 miles · 86 ft up to Fort Jennings
Mile 495.2
749 ft
Fort Jennings
73.3 miles · 153 ft up to Echo Lake
Mile 568.5
902 ft
Echo Lake
66.4 miles · 80 ft down to Oldtown
Mile 634.9
822 ft
Oldtown
66.7 miles · 277 ft down to Bern Lake
Mile 701.6
545 ft
Bern Lake
72.4 miles · 305 ft up to Lake O' the Woods
Mile 774.0
850 ft
Lake O' the Woods
64.9 miles · 279 ft down to Beasley Fork
Mile 838.9
571 ft
Beasley Fork
69.8 miles · 530 ft up to Weaver Hill
Mile 908.7
1,101 ft
Weaver Hill
66.0 miles · 145 ft up to Munse Knob
Mile 974.7
1,246 ft
Munse Knob
69.5 miles · 409 ft down to Cedar Falls
Mile 1044.2
837 ft
Cedar Falls
57.6 miles · 14 ft up to Shawnee, Ohio
Mile 1101.8
851 ft
Shawnee, Ohio
Trail town in the Wayne National Forest region of southeastern Ohio, named on the Buckeye Trail Association homepage with its Tecumseh Theater Commons.
77.9 miles · 202 ft down to Mill Grove
Mile 1179.7
649 ft
Mill Grove
39.7 miles · 33 ft down to Caywood
Mile 1219.4
616 ft
Caywood
41.3 miles · 472 ft up to Bell Hill
Mile 1260.7
1,088 ft
Bell Hill
53.8 miles · 76 ft down to Chaseville
Mile 1314.5
1,012 ft
Chaseville
48.0 miles · 192 ft up to Smyrna
Mile 1362.5
1,204 ft
Smyrna
Getting a Buckeye Trail Circuit for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Buckeye Trail Circuit dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks Buckeye Trail Circuit around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.